His Final Battle : the last months of Franklin Roosevelt / Joseph Lelyveld
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 399 p. : illus. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780385350792
- 92 ROO
- E807 .L37 2016
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Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles | 92 ROO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 007450 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-381) and index.
Prologue: feeling plaintive -- Uncle Joe in Tehran -- Wilson's shadow -- Enormous heart -- Somewhere in the south -- Going after "bigger coins" -- The great tantalizer -- Commander-in-Chief -- Staying on the job -- Gallant, and pitiable -- At the Czar's palace -- Almost to victory.
Untangles the narrative threads of Roosevelt's final months, showing how he juggled the strategic, political, and personal choices he faced as the war, his presidency, and his life raced in tandem to their climax.
English.
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